Polishing composition



252. COMPOSITIONS,

Patented Jan. 31 1933 PATENT OFFICE FRANK B. WILLIAMS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA POLISHING COMPOSITION No Drawing.

This invention relates to polishing composition, and has for an object to provide an improved composition which shall perform the function of polishing surfaces in an eflicient and rapid manner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a polishing composition, wherein the active polishing ingredients are carried by a carrier, exhibiting improved features of efliciency.

A further object of the invention is to provide active polishing ingredients of improved efliciency.

The invention, therefore, comprises the compounding of a polishing composition in which mutton tallow is preferably employed as the carrier, with whiting and ferrous nitrate as the active polishing ingredients.

While the materials employed in this composition may be varied somewhat, as to proportion, and in some cases, even as to the material itself, the preferred composition is composed of: 3 pounds mutton tallow, 1 pound whiting, and 2 ounces ferrous nitrate.

The ingredients in the proportions named,

are compounded by melting the mutton tallow to liquidity, introducing the whiting and the ferrous nitrate into the liquid, and agitating until the composition has sufliciently cooled to form substantially a homogeneous mass.

It seems probable that other nitrates than ferrous nitrate may be employed with efliciency, but at the present time, it has not been sufliciently demonstrated whether other nitrates are equally efficient or not.

In the proportions stated, the resultant composition, when cooled, will be a some what pasty, or plastic mass, and in this form the composition will preferably be packaged in containers in such nature that access thereto may be had. Under certain conditions, it may be found desirable to have the mass more nearly approaching a solid, or cake form, in which case, this may be accomplished by decreasing the mutton tallow content. At the present time, it seems desirable that the proportions of whiting and ferrous nitrate should be constant, but the carrier may be varied according to the consistency aimed at.

Application filed September 27, 1980. Serial No. 484,942.

Also, a part or perhaps all of the mutton tallow, may be replaced by other esters, as for instance, beef tallow. It is found, however, that the mutton tallow provides a faeil- 1ty of combining with the ingredients great- 1y superior to any other known carrier because of the nature of the tallow to cling tenaciously to the intermixed solids.

The composition may be also compounded to more nearly approach liquid form by employing any type of oils to intermix with the mutton tallow, in which case, the resultant material might be packaged in a bottle or similar container.

As at present contemplated, however, the composition is most easily manipulated, and more satisfactory in plastic form. In this form, the composition is applied to the surface to be polished, in a thin layer, and simply removed. This may be accomplished by applying with the fingers, or preferably, will be applied with a rag, or the like, and removed in a like manner. No rubbing, or fric tion is necessary to complete cleaning, and polishing, when this composition is employed. It may be successfully employed upon metal surfaces, glass, polished stone, varnished, lacquered or enameled surfaces, or the like. The naming of such surfaces is merely an indication of the manner of its application without any intent to limit its utility to such uses.

The invention is hereby claimed as follows:

A polishing composition comprising mutton tallow three pounds, whiting one pound, and ferrous nitrate two ounces.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FRANK R. WILLIAMS.

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